Orlando Metropolitan Express Hotel

Certain halls in the hotel had a very odd odor but the area I stayed in was fine. This location is central to almost everything but the traffic is very heavy on most nights. Plan on being out of the parking lot by 5 if you want to get anywhere in less than one hour. Many restaurants and attractions in walking distance as well as several pubs. The pool seems to be very well maintained and the free breakfast is decent. The staff is friendly and helpful. ...read more

Rooms were cleaner than I expected based on other reviews. However, hallways were dirty and stairwells too. They made me pay $3 for a "resort" fee. Not cool.

This hotel is at best a 1 star.

Excellent for the price. Location could not be better. I was very pleased with my stay.

Won't recommend to friends. Will not return to the hotel again.

First of all the room was clean. That was a good thing. Secondly, the staff when we first arrived put us off, 1) They had no reservation for us, however when I produced the confirmation print out they honored it. 2) We could not check in until 4:00 when we arrived at 1:00, and they said try again at 2:30, we ate and returned at 2:30 and they dismissed us rudely, however 15 minutes later when the afternoon staff came in -SURPRISE- a room miraculously was available. 3) A resort charge of $3.19 per day was added. This wasn't even a hotel let alone a resort. Just a newly painted motel. 4) The lobby internet wasn't working, granted that wasn't their fault. Thirdly, the breakfast was awful as far as breakfasts go. It was bread and bagels, not even English muffins or waffles. Oranges and apples and cold cereal. We are used to the AmeriSuites at the airport. Eggs, sausage, grits, waffles, microwave. We actually avoided breakfast and went down the street. I would not recommend this motel to anyone and if I get another hotel of this quality in this area I will avoid International Blvd. We have had great success in the airport area of Orlando and will continue to go there. We have also had success in other parts of the country. This motel should not carry a 2-1/2 rating, not even close. It did have a good location. ...read more

At first glance it looks like a nice hotel. There are even TVs on the outside of the lobby area. I thought this would be a nice hotel since it was a 2.5-star, wrong. The lobby looks nice but is deceiving. The layout is very confusing. I'm not kidding when I say I got lost several times. At one point I called my husband and told him that I was lost and I felt like I was in the movie The Shining. There are no elevators so you have to carry your luggage up to the second floor. The hall way carpet is stained and outdated and the stairwells smell horrible. My husband described it as "smelly feet". We also had to be moved twice. The first room was by the interstate which was so noisy we could not sleep and the air conditioner did not work properly. I called and was told the only room available was smoking. I thought I wouldn't care as long as it wasn't noisy. My husband (who smokes) took one foot in the room and gagged. I couldn't even enter the room it smelled so heavy of mold and smoke. We left our bags in the doorway and went back down stairs. The last room was decent and at 2 am and after dragging our bags around I was exhausted. Another thing was that the internet was only available in the lobby - not in the rooms as listed on their web site. I work when out of town and it was a pain to go through the maze of rooms to the lobby. It says it has been updated but they must be referring to lobby. The rooms are tacky with green walls. It has a nice pool area and a regular toast and muffin breakfast. Thank God we were always gone during the day and came back late at night or I would have gone crazy. This was truly a disappointment. ...read more

They charged an extra $12.00 for my stay and listed it as a resort fee. This motel was far from being a resort and did not rate the star rating it received. The included breakfast was very meager and not worth the effort. The listed internet service was only available in the lobby. ...read more

Only a 1-night stay passing through so the location was ideal for us off I-4 and the Florida Turnpike. Close to restaurants.